Types of Art

in
Medieval
Period
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Illuminated Manuscripts
were religious texts decorated
with rich colors, which often
featured the use of gold and
silver. The word “illuminated”
comes from the Latin word
illuminare, meaning adorn with
luminous colors (especially
gold).
 Met a l work
Metals with great luster,
such as gold, silver, and
bronze were frequently
used as mediums in
creation of religious
artifacts. Metalworkers
transformed these
beautiful metals into
objects of adornment for
the church.
 Paintings
included artworks in
iconography, fresco refers to a
type of painting commonly done
on walls or ceilings applied
with plaster, and panel painting
refers to a type of painting
done on a single or several
pieces of wood board known
as a panel.
 Embroidery
one of the most celebrated
historical events of the
Medieval era was the Bayeux
Tapestry, It was an
embroidery made of colored
wool used to embroidery
important scenes. The
Bayeux Tapestry was made of
eight long strips of
unbleached linen, which had
been sewn together to form a
continuous panel.
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Ceramics
were done handmade and not wheel-turned during
the early medieval period, producing common
cooking ware, such as pots, jars, pitchers, and
crucibles.
 Mosaic
is the artful creation of
pictures with the use of
broken pieces of colored
glass, rock, or any other
material. Christian churches
and cathedrals have used
mosaic as wall and ceiling
display.
 Sculpture
emerged from the
early rigid, inflexible,
and elongated style of
statues used in
Romanesque art into a
more naturalistic style
in the late 12th and
early 13th century.
S t a i n ed Glass
was displayed to the
windows of Medieval
churches, cathedrals,
and castles. Stained
glass art makes use of
fragmented pieces of
glass set to look like
an image or a picture.
 Heraldry
was the art and customs of
creating coats of arms and
badges of the nobles. The
usual materials for making
coat of arms were
parchment, paper, painted
wood, embroidery, enamel,
stonework, and stained
glass.
Names of the Famous
Medieval Artists of the
Middle Ages
 Donatello
he was known for
his sculpture
masterpiece
 Giotto
a famous
Italian painter
Leon Battista
Alberti
the founder of
modern
architecture
 Cimabue
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a painter and
mosaicist
Filippo Brunelleschi
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he is the father of
Renaissance
Architecture
Fra Angelico
he was a famous
painter
Lorenzo Ghiberti
early Italian
Renaissance
sculptor
 Renaissance Period
The Renaissance period as a
cultural movement embraced a
rebellion of classical-based
learning. Renaissance comes from
Italian word Rinascimento,
“Re” meaning "again" and
nascere meaning "be born" The
term “Renaissance” is from the
same French meaning "rebirth".
Early Renaissance
it has been known the
Renaissance began in Tuscany in
the 14th century in the city of
Florence.
Some of the Early Renaissance
artworks were the Dome of
Florence Cathedral, designed by
Filippo Brunelleschi.
High Renaissance Period
called the high Renaissance was
between the span of the four decades
from 1490 to the destruction of Rome
in 1527.
The best High Renaissance sculpture
included: Pieta (1500, St. Peter’s,
Rome) and David by Michelangelo
(1501-4, originally located in the
Piazza della Signora, Florence, now in
the city’s Academy of Arts).
Mannerism or Late Renaissance
The word mannerism is
derived from the Italian
maniera meaning
“style” or “manner”
 Among the finest
Mannerist
Painters/Artists
was
Michelangelo
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